Glaucoma specialist, Eye Care of San Diego

Ophthalmology

Neil Choplin works in the field of Ophthalmology. He graduated from New York Medical College. He has 12 awards "Senior Honor Award", "Best Doctors in San Diego", "Navy Meritorious Service Medal", "Guest of Honor", "Glaucoma Awareness Award, Dont Be Blindsided Campaign", "Honor Award", "Navy And Marine Corps Commendation Medal", "Legion of Honor", "New York University Founder's Day Award", "Phi Beta Kappa", "Armed Forces Health Professions Scholarship" and "Fellow (FAAO)". Neil Choplin is a published doctor as well. He has 26 publications published. The latest was: Physical standards and military service. Neil Choplin, MD accepts Medicare payments and is listed with Medicare.gov.

Publications

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• Evaluation of once-daily levobunolol 0.25% and timolol 0.25% therapy for increased intraOcular pressure.
• Initial clinical experience with the Ahmed Glaucoma valve implant--correction.
• Initial clinical experience with the Ahmed Glaucoma Valve implant.
• Brimonidine tartrate: a one-month dose response study.
• Follow-up of the original cohort with the Ahmed Glaucoma valve implant.
• Comparison of latanoprost, bimatoprost, and travoprost in patients with elevated intraOcular pressure: a 12-week, randomized, masked-evaluator multicenter study.
• A randomized, investigator-masked comparison of diurnal responder rates with bimatoprost and latanoprost in the lowering of intraOcular pressure.
• Retinal nerve fiber layer measurements do not change after LASIK for high myopia as measured by scanning laser polarimetry with custom compensation.
• Diabetes-associated retinal nerve fiber damage evaluated with scanning laser polarimetry.
• Scanning laser imaging devices: what do we measure?
• Re: Is this Glaucoma?
• A six-month randomized clinical trial comparing the intraOcular pressure-lowering efficacy of bimatoprost and latanoprost in patients with Ocular hypertension or glauc...
• Effect of individualized compensation for anterior segment birefringence on retinal nerve fiber layer assessments as determined by scanning laser polarimetry.
• The sensitivity and specificity of scanning laser polarimetry in the detection of Glaucoma in a clinical setting.
• Surgically-induced astigmatism in combined ECCE with filtering procedures compared to ECCE alone.
• Glaucoma screening in primary care: the role of noncontact tonometry.
• Pseudo-loss of fixation.
• A 1-year study of brimonidine twice daily in Glaucoma and ocular hypertension. A controlled, randomized, multicenter clinical trial. Chronic Brimonidine Study Group.
• Differentiating patients with Glaucoma from Glaucoma suspects and normal subjects by nerve fiber layer assessment with scanning laser polarimetry.
• Physical standards and military service.
• The effect of excimer laser photorefractive keratectomy for myopia on nerve fiber layer thickness measurements as determined by scanning laser polarimetry.
• The effect of stimulus size on the measured threshold values in automated perimetry.
• Correlation of asymmetric damage with asymmetric intraocular pressure in normal-tension Glaucoma (low-tension Glaucoma)
• Cystoid Macular edema following laser iridotomy.
• Bullous keratopathy accompanying essential iris atrophy: response to lowered intraOcular pressure.

Schools

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• New York Medical College

• Li Jewish Hillside Med Center

• Nassau County Med Center

• Wills Eye Hospital

Procedures Preformed

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• Anterior Vitrectomy
• Cataract Removal Surgery
• Eyelid Surgery
• Glaucoma Surgery
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Conditions Treated

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• Age-Related Macular Degeneration
• Aphakia and Other Disorders of Lens
• Bell's Palsy
• Blepharitis
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Doctors Specialties

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• Ophthalmology

Accepted Insurances

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Awards

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• Senior Honor Award
• Best Doctors in San Diego
• Navy Meritorious Service Medal
• Guest of Honor
• Glaucoma Awareness Award, “Don’t Be Blindsided Campaign”
• Honor Award
• Navy And Marine Corps Commendation Medal
• Legion of Honor
• New York University Founder's Day Award
• Phi Beta Kappa
• Armed Forces Health Professions Scholarship
• Fellow (FAAO)

Education

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• Wills Eye Hospital
• Nassau University Medical Center
• North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System
• New York Medical College
• New York University

Drug Facts

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NPI NUMBER		1144205642
NPPES Provider LastName		CHOPLIN
NPPES Provider FirstName		NEIL
NPPES Provider ZIPCode		921033002
NPPES Provider State		CA
Specialty Description		Ophthalmology
Total Claim Count		5028.0
Distinct Opioid Count		1.0
Opioid Claim Count		12.0
Percent Opioid Claims		0.24

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Medicare Facts

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National Provider Identifier [NPI]	1144205642
Last Name Of The Provider	CHOPLIN
First Name Of The Provider	NEIL
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